Raincoat



April 30, 1929.

H. P. LUHN RAINCOAT Filed April 12, 1927 Hans P l ab.

Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

HANS P. LUHN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAINCOAT.

Application filed April 12, 1927. Serial No. 183,032.

This invention relates to raincoats, and relates more particularly to raincoats made of paper or other cheap material and so-simply constructed that they may be manufactured very inexpensively and sold at such a low figure hat they may be used for a single occasion and then discarded.

'lhc primary object of the present inven tion is to provide an efficient raincoat of sims 'ple and cheap construction which may be sold for a sin all sum by means of vending machines or otherwise.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a raincoat of this character "which provides complete protection for both the head and body of the wearer, and which may be made out of a single piece of material and requires but one seam or joint.

Other objects and advantages of this in volition will be apparent from the accompanying drawings, which forni a part of this specification, and in which: i

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from which a raincoat according to my invention may be made;

Figure 2 is a plan view of a flap designed for use with my raincoat; and

Figure 3 is a plan View of the completed raincoat.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which like reference numerals define like parts throughout the several views thereof'. 10 indicates generally a blank of suitable thin inexpensive material, such as Watern-ooled paper. This blank is rectangular in general outline with one corner missing, the missing corner being :in the shape of a right isoscelcs triangle. The sides of the original rectangle uro marked 11. 12, 13 and 14, respectively, and 15 denotes the hypotenusc of the cut olf triangle. i

The blank 10 is divided into several portions by the creases or folds 16, 17 and 18, which are shown in Figure 1 as dot and dash lines. The fold 16 makes an angle of approximately D with the edges 11 and 11, and hence maybe considered as the diagonal of an imaginary square, one side of which is the edge 11 continued to its point of intersection with the edge 121. This fold 16 forms the back edge of the completed garment. The fold 17, nihich forms the top edge of the hood of the raincoat, is perpendicular to the fold 16 and crosses the same near its upper end. The fold 1S is parallel to the edge 13, and forms the front edge of the garment.

right hand side ofthe body of the raincoat. 3

The little triangular portion `23 adjacent to the intersection of folds 16 and 17 lies between the portions 20 and 21 when the parts are folded together in final position, and serves to reinforce the extreme upper corner ofthe garment.

A notch 24 is out in the blank 10 along the upper end of the edge 13, and serves as an aperture for the Wearers face. The lower side 25 of the notch 21lis perpendicular to the edge 13 and is preferablylocated nearthe point Where fold 17 would intersect edge 13 if prolonged. The upper side 26 ofthe notch may be perpendicular to fold 17, and is so located that the notch is large enough to permit relatively unobstructed vision through the resultingr aperture in the finished raincoat. At the apex of the notch 24 a second notch 27 is loca-ted, and a slit 28 is made in the blank 10 adjacent the notch 27 and conveniently as an extension of side 25 of notch 24. y The purpose of the notch 27 and the slit 28 is to separate the hood partially from theibody portion of the raincoat, so that the hood may conform somewhat to the shape of the weares head i or hat.

Figure 2 shows a small roughly rectangu lar piece 29 with chanifered edges 30 which is intended to be used as a flap to cover an an opening along the seaniof the garment so that one of the Wearers hands may be extended therethrough.` i i.

In assembling the garment, the blank is first folded along the line 18 and then along the line 17the portions 21 and 22 being folded onto the main portion 19 asshown in Figure 3. The blank is then folded along the line 16, bringing the portion 20 over on the portion 19. It will be observed that the parts are so proportion ed that this folding will cause the edge 11 to lic along the edge 14, and the edge of portion 20 to overlap the edges of portions 21 and 22. The flap 29 is then placed in some suitable position along the edge 13 between this edge and the edge 12, and a strip of adhesive tape 3l or similar material is glued along the entire seam thus formed from the upper corner to the hem of the garment, as shown in Figure 3.

In use, the raincoat is simply slipped over the head ot the wearer, and will give adequate protection for a reasonable length oil? time in any ordinary storm. It will be apparent that my construction is extremely simple, and calls for no buttons, hooks or fasteners oi any kind. Furthermore, it Will be noted that my construction embodies only a single seam, and this is an important :feature ol my invention, ifor the reason that this minimizes the cost of manuiliacture. In the specific embodiment of my invention disclosed herein, this seam is a straight line, which olliers further manufacturing advantages, though of course it would be periectl y possible to so shape the parts that the seam would be a curved or broken line, or so that more than one seam Would be necessary. Moreover, the seam is located on a side ot the garment, so that the outer edges of the raincoat when folded flat as shown in Figure 3, are seamless folds.

Another advantage of my invention resides in the particular manner of constructing the seam. In my preferred construction, as illustrated, the edges to be joined together are permitted to slightly overlap, and are then cemented to each other by a strip of rubber or cloth ii'abric having adhesive on one side, such as the ordinary adhesive tape. A butt joint could of course be used it desired, but overlapping the edges has the advantage that there no possibility of a portion of the adhesive being left uncovered and hence sticliing to the inner side of the other half of the garment. The strip of adhesive material also serves to reinforce the seam, and the resulting seam is hence much stronger than would be the case if the overlapping edges Were simply glued directly together. Moreover, a taped seam as above described is more Water-proof than an ordinary glued joint.

A further advantage ot' my construction resides in the fact that there are no unwieldy pleats or folds, and that the entirely completed garment, when spread out 'll-at, lies substantially Wholly in two planes, except for the tiny reinforcing corner 23 which could, of course, be dispensed with without departing from my invention. By thus having the raincoat conveniently flat and of uniform thickness, it is possible to readily fold it into a con venient bundle suitable for vending.

Although the corner adjacent the edge has been referred to as cut oli, it will be obvious that if several raincoats are to be cut trom a single large sheet olf paper, the edges 15 of tivo adjacent coats could lie along the same line, thus eli'ecting a saving ot material.

Many other chan or modiiications might be made in the structure disclosed above without departing t'rom the spirit of my invention. For example, the flap 29 might be made integral with the portion Q0, in that case being located along the edge l2. The sole purpose oit making it separate to enable the raincoat to be made with a minimum waste of material, as the ila p Q9 may obviously be cut out olf the aste portions oit the blank. Another slight change which might be made would be to reinforce the slit Jn and the opposed slit bctween the edge and the upper end oi' edge 1S by the use of a strip oi adhesive nurterial placed over the ends oli' these slits, and if dcsired, extending part or all ol the way alon the same.

Although I have described a specific embodinient ol my invention, I do not desire to be limited except by the prior art and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A raincoat comprising a hood portion and a body portion both formed from a single unitary piece of material, said piece oil2 mate rial being divided into i'our portions by creases, one oil said portions constituting an entire side ot said coat, and the other three portions together constituting the other side, and said three portions being joined together by a single seam.

2. A raincoat comprising a hood portion and a body portion both termed trom a single unitary piece ot material, said piece of material being so folded in the finished garment as to be substantially Wholly in two planes, said piece ot material bein divided into liour portions by creases, one ot said portions constituting an entire side ofi said coat, and thc other three portions together constituting the other side, said three portic'ins being so shaped that the edge ol one overlaps the edges of the other two, and said overlapping edges being joined together to form a single seam. A

$3. The combination as claimed in claim 2 in which said seam is interrupted to form a hand opening.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this Gth dav ot' April, 1927.

HANS I). LUI-IN. 

